Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem at the Shield of the Americas Summit Working Lunch
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Marco Rubio, Secretary of State
Kristi Noem, Secretary of Homeland Security
Miami, Florida
Trump National Doral Miami
Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem at the Shield of the Americas Summit Working Lunch
Remarks
March 7, 2026
SECRETARY RUBIO: I want to welcome everybody. Bienvenido. Thank you for coming and being a part of this very important initiative. It’s a critical initiative. Obviously, we start with a strong focus on security, but there is so much more here. And as you’ve seen from – so much more we can work together on, and as you’ve seen from the cabinet members that are here today. Again, on behalf of the President – he is currently on his way to Dover Air Force Base to receive, sadly, the remains of the six Americans who lost their lives in the operation against Iranian terrorism. And so he apologizes for not being able to join us for this lunch, but he knew you would understand.
But he is very excited about this initiative, and I am personally very excited to be part of this with each of you today. It’s a top priority for us, and while there are clearly a focus on the security of the hemisphere, as you can see from the representation in our Cabinet, from Trade to Commerce to Energy to Treasury. And there is also a focus very strongly on the opportunities we have to work together economically, but you can’t have economic progress without security.
And as evidence of the President’s strong commitment to this initiative, so that this is not just going to be something where we meet one time and have conversations and we meet once a year and put out a paper, we wanted it to be an issue of action. He has appointed Secretary Noem as the special envoy dedicated to this
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Marco Rubio, Secretary of State
Kristi Noem, Secretary of Homeland Security
Miami, Florida
Trump National Doral Miami
Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem at the Shield of the Americas Summit Working Lunch
Remarks
March 7, 2026
SECRETARY RUBIO: I want to welcome everybody. Bienvenido. Thank you for coming and being a part of this very important initiative. It’s a critical initiative. Obviously, we start with a strong focus on security, but there is so much more here. And as you’ve seen from – so much more we can work together on, and as you’ve seen from the cabinet members that are here today. Again, on behalf of the President – he is currently on his way to Dover Air Force Base to receive, sadly, the remains of the six Americans who lost their lives in the operation against Iranian terrorism. And so he apologizes for not being able to join us for this lunch, but he knew you would understand.
But he is very excited about this initiative, and I am personally very excited to be part of this with each of you today. It’s a top priority for us, and while there are clearly a focus on the security of the hemisphere, as you can see from the representation in our Cabinet, from Trade to Commerce to Energy to Treasury. And there is also a focus very strongly on the opportunities we have to work together economically, but you can’t have economic progress without security.
And as evidence of the President’s strong commitment to this initiative, so that this is not just going to be something where we meet one time and have conversations and we meet once a year and put out a paper, we wanted it to be an issue of action. He has appointed Secretary Noem as the special envoy dedicated to this
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